Margrete vs Nanna
Margrete and Nannacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 2023, Margrete was ranked #523 and Nanna #449 among girls in Norway.
Margrete and Nanna over time
Margrete and Nanna appear together in 1 published list, across 59 years of shared records. Margrete held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Nanna in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Margrete reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Nanna in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Margrete and Nanna changed places 11 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 2023, ending at #523 and #449.
- Longest-running competitions
Margrete and Nanna were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 59 years, from 1945 to 2023, ending at #523 and #449.
List by list
Norway · Girls59 shared years, 1945–2023
Margrete held the stronger position in 45 of those years, Nanna in 14.
Highest recorded here: Margrete #155 in 1949, Nanna #233 in 1996.
The order changed in 2015: Nanna moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #426 and #451; by 2015 that had become #530 and #499.
Most recent shared year, 2023: Margrete #523, Nanna #449.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Margrete | Nanna |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #523 (2023) | Norway · Girls #484 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 76/100 | 94/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Margrete has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Nanna.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Margrete
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #225 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2023
Highest recorded position: #155 among girls in Norway, in 1949 (recorded 1945–2023).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #523 among girls in Norway, in 2023.
Norway · Girls
Nanna
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #307 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #233 among girls in Norway, in 1996 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #484 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls